I cant burn or write a dvd

Maybe some help here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10849
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10699
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11107
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10936
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10868

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IMac G5 cant read and write DVD-R

Hi. I have iMac G5 1.9 with Superdrive MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846 with Firmware Revision: FA0G. Everything was OK, I was able to burn DVD-R and DVD+R too, but now Superdrive ejects all DVD-R disks. I cant burn it, I cant read it. DVD+R are working correctly.
System Profile is saying, that I can burn DVD-R and DVD+R:
D-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
but everythime I try it, the disk is ejected.
What is a problem? Can anybody help please.
Thank you.

To Apple Discussions!
Make sure you have enough storage space to burn.
Make sure the DVDs are not scratched, smudged and/or dirty.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50448 How to Handle and Clean CD and DVD Discs
If your drive needs cleaning, cleaning kits can be purchased from any store that sells CD/DVDs.
Also, check your Mac OS Help Menu for troubleshooting tips. In the search field type dvd.
You can also open up the "Utilites Folder">Disk Utility.
At the bottom left of the window, click on the black ? mark inside the purplecircle.
The help window will open up.
Enter dvd in the search field.

The main reason i bought a Mac was to edit and burn my own videos. I now find i cant burn any of my videos to DVD, What am I supposed to do?

The main reason i bought a Mac was to edit and burn my own videos. I now find i cant burn any of my videos to DVD, What am I supposed to do?

Why can't you do this? There's plenty of third-party software that can do the job. Download a few from
MacUpdate or CNET Downloads and try them out before choosing one to purchase.

My Macbook keeps saying 'The burn to the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898 drive failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error.' everytime I try to burn a cd with data on it, it has only just started doing it after 2 years of use, how do I fix it?

My Macbook keeps saying 'The burn to the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898 drive failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error.' everytime I try to burn a cd with data on it, it has only just started doing it after 2 years of use, how do I fix it?

Have you tried using a different brand of optical disk? (You don't say whether you are doing CDs or DVDs.) Some are better than others.

I took a video on my ipad 2 its around 50 mins long. I want to transfer it to my pc and then burn it onto a dvd and cant figure out how??

I have taken a 55 minute video with my ipad camera and now want to burn it to a dvd. I've managed to transfer it to my pc but cant seem to get it into a format to burn it to a dvd. Help?

That's a question for your PC forum, not for here.

CANT BURN DVD's

hi
i've had this problem with my drive. I never burned dvd's before. I own a macbookpro 15' since over a year and always burned cd's but never dvd's...
until a couple of days ago, i was ripping a dvd from a party of a friend of mine and wanted to copy it with toast... toast wasn't able to copy the it giving me error messages that the source file was damaged and cannot be read.
i managed to copy it manually using "cut n paste".
i tried burning the "file" which i copied from the dvd with roxio toast, burn, and using disk utility and it also didn't work....
i tried using a different empty dvd from a different company... and it suddenly worked.
the funny thing was that the other dvd's that my mac wasn't accepting for some reason, they were accepted by my other macbook pro and i was also able to burn them using another macbook.
why?
these are the messages i got:
the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media
could not record the disk because there's a problem with the source material - result 18771
can anyone help me please? my cd drive doesn;t to be damaged since i also burned with it different dvds and cds. but why was i getting these messages and why in particular with this dvd?
thankx.

Hi there, I had this issue before. The solution was not stable so I had to redo the configuration every time I wanted to burn a disc.
You should go to System Preferences Language & Text settings, move English to the top of the list and set the order to English or Standard, don't remember right now, then the system had to be restarted and the burn was done, sometimes it was not and I had to do the configuration again and restart so that I could burn. And also as I created a new burn folder I had to do that again to burn, otherwise I had this not calibrated message.
Search older messages here and you'll find the hole right steps to take.
Good luck.

Cant burn cds (unkown error occurred: 4280) help

i cant burn cds an error always pops up (4280)ive read a bunch of discussions and tryed all of the different burning speeds and none of them work can someone plz help me...!
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TOSHIBA Satellite A105
iTunes 7.0.2.16
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.1
LowerFilters: AnyDVD (6.1.0.7), PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), DRVMCDB (1.0.0.1), Iviaspi (1.0.0.0), Pfc (2.5.0.204), DLACDBHM (1.0.0.1),
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Video Driver: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family\Intel(R) Calistoga Graphics Controller
IDE\DiskHTS541010G9SA00_______________________MBZOC60R, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomMATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-841S________________1.60___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is an administrator.
D: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-841S, Rev 1.60
Drive is empty.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4280(0x000010b8). It happened on drive D: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-841S on CDR media at speed 4X.

hmmm. i went to Toshiba to check for any available updates for your Satellite ... but they split out the downloads by subcategories for the A105, and so i'm not sure what your precise model is.
here's a link through to their technical support ... if you plug in the precise model number, are there any available updates for your particular type of A105?
Toshiba Technical Support Center

Whenever i try sharing my imovie trailer with idvd it says "The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (Error in user parameter list)". How am i supposed to burn it to a dvd then?

Whenever i try sharing my imovie trailer with idvd it says "The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (Error in user parameter list)". How am i supposed to burn it to a dvd then?

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How do I burn a CD or DVD w/photos from iPhoto

Lost my photos and spent over 2 hours w/Apple Support getting them back into my iPhoto --- but, now I want to burn them on a CD or DVD to have them as back-up (I was walked through the process w/support, but after that and many other things done -- there were no photos on the CD afterall) My Macbook is OS 10.4. I think since there are so many (1900+) I would need a DVD. I have some which say DVD-RW...Video/photos data/4X2hr. Is this what I need? Specific instructions would be nice. The Apple Support person sent me a link -- but it was for 10.5 -- DUH.

HI Grandie,
First, I'm glad Apple was able to locate your photos on the drive and get them right back into iPhoto where they belong!
Second... does your MacBook have a SuperDrive? It must have one in order to burn to a DVD. To locate this information click the Apple logo top left in your Desktop, then click About This Mac, then click More Info. That will open your System Profiler. When that window opens, go to the Menu at the top and click: View/Full Profile. On the left side it will say: Contents. Look under that category and find where it says: Disk Burning and click that once.
The information for your disk burning capabilities will be listed on the right. It will give you the information. I'm sure you have CD burning, but make sure you have DVD. It will say: DVD-R
** I can't burn a CD or DVD ** <-- from the iPhoto Help Menu
To create CDs with iPhoto, you must have a supported CD-RW (CD Recordable, Read-Write) drive. All Apple internal CD-RW drives work with iPhoto. Use Apple System Profiler to check if your optical drive has CD-burning capability or to see if a connected external CD/DVD drive is supported.
To create DVDs with iPhoto, you must have a supported DVD-R.
You can use CD-R or CD-RW discs to create CDs. CD-R discs must be blank to burn pictures onto them. You cannot reuse or erase a CD-R disc that already has files on it. If a CD-RW disc is not blank, you must erase it before you can put other files on it. Search Mac Help in the Finder's Help menu for information on erasing CD-RW discs.
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If your burn is unsuccessful and your external drive becomes unresponsive, turn its power off and on to reset the drive.
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I'm wondering if you are trying to burn too many images at one time. Create a new burn playlist in iPhoto, drag about 20 images to that playlist from the Library. Then go to the Menu and click:
Share/Burn Disk.
I believe CD media can handle up to 700MB of space. Say each of your images is approximately 3MB... times 20 images = 60MB... it can add up FAST. Try one and see if it works... if not,
post back and we'll keep troubleshooting...
One more thing... never touch the disks with your fingers. Hold the disks on the edge only. Look for fingerprints. If there are any, wipe them off with a clean lint free cloth from the inside of the disk out.. not in circles.
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i was having a problem connecting to itunes store, but after some time i just downloaded it again and installed it. Now Im unable to burn a cd from Itunes and now realized i cant burn any dvd/cd's from any program in my computer. has anyone got a solution for me please?

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Welcome to the Support Communities!
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2308
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#2 has WHY Explained http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607390
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http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cd-dvd-drive-recognized-application.html
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I cant burn a cd it gives me error code 2131 or it keeps saying insert blank cd which I do

I cant burn a cd from Itunes playlist it says error 2131 or insert blank cd which I keep doing.

Could you post your diagnostics for us please?
In iTunes, go "Help > Run Diagnostics". Uncheck the boxes other than DVD/CD tests, as per the following screenshot:
... and click "Next".
When you get through to the final screen:
... click the "Copy to Clipboard" button and paste the diagnostics into a reply here.

More on Problem Burning/Playing Self-playing DVD

Project: to burn and play a self-play DVD
Process: to do this I ....
....first created a slideshow in Keynote
....second exported as a Quicktime movie
....third burned a DVD - however, when placed in a DVD player, I received a message on the player that it was a data disk!
....fourth I used iDVD to create a DVD - however, when it played, "Movies" had to be selected and then the movie to be played had to be selected - what I would like to have is a DVD that will play the movie itself when inserted into a DVD player.
...fifth used iDVD to create another DVD and used its map function and dropped the movie on the firs square for it to be played automatically - this process was suggested in a reply to my post in iDVD- however, it resulted having to make the same selections as before.
...sixth used "Burn.app" which converted my Keynote slideshow to a movie in mpg format and burned the DVD - however, when I played the DVD in a DVD player, the message came up on the TV screen "Playback Prohibited by Area Limitations" and it would not play
I also have used a Burn Folder on which I placed my Quicktime movie but when used in a DVD player, I received the message on TV screen that it was a data disk!
I would appreciate any suggestions, help, and information on how to burn a DVD that will simply automatically play the movie when placed in a DVD player without the introductions and selections to be made when iDVD is used.
Thanks very much for your help.
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How to create a DVD in iDVD without menu (there are several options):
1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Roxio Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
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Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
Lastly:
Burning Keynote presentations in iDVD
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2936
hope this helps!

Burning movies to a dvd

i cant get my downloaded movie,in iTunes, to burn to a dvd-r. I changed my preferences- advanced- burning to data or dvd, but it keeps telling me i need to insert a blank disc. The disc is blank and so i re-insert it and it "checks media" and then quits. I can't figure it out at all. I'd like to watch my movie on my tv, but things aren't looking so good

iTunes doesn't support what you are trying to do. First problem is that it won't let you. The other is that video files are not in a format compatible with playing in a DVD player anyway. If you get a docking station to plug into TV you could play the video on TV that way.

Cant burn tunes to disk.Error code 4020

As of yesterday, I cant burn anymore songs to disks.I receive an error code 4020.It sounds like it is going to burn the songs but then after 2 minutes nothing happens and it aborts.Is it possible it is a problem with I-Tunes 7.1? Should I go back to an earlier version??

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
HP Pavilion 061 RC647AA-ABA m7680n
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
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NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
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DiskDrive, SAMSUNG SP2504C, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
DiskDrive, Generic USB CF Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB MS Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB SD Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB SM Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
CDROM, HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L, Bus Type ATAPI, Bus Address [2,0]
CDROM, SATA-DVD DROM6316, Bus Type ATAPI, Bus Address [3,0]
F: HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L, Rev S544
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The drive CDR speeds are: 16 24 40.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 16.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 16.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 16.
G: SATA-DVD DROM6316, Rev HP02
Drive is empty.
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